| ASRIEL | Lord ____, aristocrat in the His Dark Materials trilogy, played on film by Daniel Craig (6) |
| BENOIT | ____ Blanc, detective played on film by Daniel Craig (6) |
| NOBLE | A coin for the aristocrat in the 14th century (5) |
| OXFORD | "City of Dreaming Spires" depicted in books including Brideshead Revisited, Gaudy Night, Last Bus to Woodstock and the His Dark Materials trilogy (6) |
| THESUBTLEKNIFE | Second novel in the His Dark Materials trilogy by English author Philip Pullman, published in 1997 (3,6,5) |
| NORTHERN | ____ Lights, first novel in the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman (8) |
| TANNEN | see 41ac, Bully in the Back to the Future film trilogy played by Thomas F Wilson |
| LYRA | Character in the His Dark Materials trilogy, - - - Belacqua (4) |
| LAST | Like "The Amber Spyglass" in the "His Dark Materials" series |
| AMBER | Third part of the His Dark Materials trilogy, The ----- Spyglass (5) |
| LYRABELACQUA | Heroine of the His Dark Materials trilogy |
| SPYGLASS | The Amber _, novel by Philip Pullman, the third in His Dark Materials trilogy (8) |
| BOROMIR | Character in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy played by Sean Bean (7) |
| NORTHERNLIGHTS | Title of the first novel in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy (8,6) |
| DARTHVADER | Sith lord and villain in the original Star Wars film trilogy played by David Prowse and voiced by James Earl Jones (5,5) |
| BIFF | and 12ac, Bully in the Back to the Future film trilogy played by Thomas F Wilson |
| PULLMAN | Author of the His Dark Materials book series, Phillip - (7) |
| WILLPARRY | Protagonist in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy who first appears at the beginning of The Subtle Knife (4,5) |
| DUST | Form of dark matter that is integral to the plot of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy of novels |
| TRISPRIOR | Heroine of the Veronica Roth trilogy, played by Shailene Woodley in the movies: 2 wds. |